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Voice of Rail Engineers 

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INDIAN RAILWAYS TECHNICAL SUPERVISORS ASSOCIATION 

Vol – 1 No- 3 & 4 March - April, 2008 Price: Rs.10 

HUNDREDS OF ENGINEERS SIT ON DHARNA AGAINST PAY COMMISSION REPORT 

CANDLELIGHT PROCESSION AT JANTAR MANTAR BY IRTSA & AIREF 

SERIES OF MEETINGS WITH FM, RM, CRB & MS 

MEMO PRESENTED TO ALL CONCERNED MINISTERS & OFFICERS OF RAILWAY BOARD 

Hundreds of Engineers from all over Indian 

Railways, took out a candle light Procession at Jantar 

Mantar New Delhi, on April 21, 08, after a day long Joint 

Dharna by IRTSA & AIREF, in protest against the 

retrograde recommendations of the Sixth Central Pay 

Commission. Leaders of IRTSA & AIREF- including Er M. 

Shanmugam President IRTSA, Er Chowdhary President 

AIREF, Er Harchandan Singh General Secretary, IRTSA 

and Er AK Tyagi Secretary General AIREF and others 

addressed the Rally and strongly condemned the Report 

of Sixth CPC. 

Com. S. G Mishra, Asstt. General Secretary AIRF 

and Br. Raghvaiah, General Secretary NFIR also 

addressed the Rally and expressed their full support to 

the demands of the Engineers of the Railways and fully 

agreed that the Sixth Pay Commission had done great 

injustice to all sections of employees especially the 

Engineers and the technical staff at large. 

Earlier during the Day, the “March towards 

Parliament” by the them was interrupted by a large 

contingent of Delhi Police at the Parliament Street – with 

heavy barricades. However 5 of their representatives – 

led by Er. Harchandan Singh, General Secretary, IRTSA 

and Er AK Tyagi, Secretary General, AIREF, were 

allowed to proceed and present a memorandum at Prime 

Minister’s Office, PMO, followed by a prolonged meeting 

with Member Staff, Railway Board, Sh. S. S. Khurana, 

who is a Member of the Empowered Committee of 

Secretaries appointed by the Government to considered 

the Recommendations of the Sixth Pay Commission. The 

MS assured the delegation to do the needful to the extent 

possible. 

On April 22 nd , the Engineers gave a joint 

Demonstration at the residence of the Finance Minister 

and later at the residence of Railway Minister. This was 

followed by a two rounds of meetings with the Railway 

Minister, Sh Lalu Prasad Yadhav, Chairman Railway 

Board Sh Jaine and finally late night with the Finance 

Minister, Sh P. Chidambaram, at his residence. All of 

them assured the delegates to look into the issues raised 

by them. 

MAIN DEMANDS 

Following were the main demands raised in the 

Joint Memorandums presented to all concerned on behalf 

of IRTSA & AIREF, with detailed justification and a 

number of annexure:- 

1.A) Minimum pay of Rs 13000 for technical staff with 

one pay band of rs.13,000 – 1,50,000 for technical 

staff, instead of 4 pay bands. 

b) Minimum pay of Rs. 28000 for Junior Engineers & 

Rs. 45000 for section engineers and senior 

section engineers on Railways. 

c) Placing all JEs, SEs, SSEs and group ‘B’ in PB-3. 

d) Up-grading of Senior Section Engineers to 

equivalent of pre-revised scale of Rs. 10000-15200 

- as this grade has already been granted to jes 

with 15 to 20 years service on time scale basis in 

state services in UP, Bihar, Uttaranchal, 

Jharkhand / CPWD, MES 

2. Counting of DP for fixation of pay. 

3. Minimum annual increment of 5 % pa 4.a) Adequate 

rise of pay from one scale to the next. 

b) Grant of at least 4 increments on promotion. 

c) Merger of grade pay with pay scale after fitment 

in revised pay scales. 

5. Group ‘b’ gazetted status to all JEs., SEs. & SSEs. 

6. A) First class pass to all JEs. (Junior engineers) – 

at par with other departments, 

b) Inclusion of both father & mother in privilege 

pass - as for LTC in other departments. 

7. Time bound & time scale promotions from JE to JA 

grade (as in MES, telecom & CPWD) 

8. A) Incentive / arduous duty allowance to JEs., SEs., 

SSES., CMT staff, other tech. Staff. 

b) Design / PCO / planning allowance to all 

Drawing & Design office staff. 

9. No Corporatisation of Railways. 

10. Exemption of all allowances from income tax. 

(See copy of Memorandum inside & Highlights of 

SCPC Report & Programme of Action on last Page) 

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EDITORIAL 

SIXTH CENTRAL PAY COMMISSION REPORT 

WIDE & UNJUST VARIATIONS OF 

WAGE HIKES OF 15 TO 81 % 

Much awaited Report of the Sixth Central Pay 

Commission was submitted to the Government on 

March 24, 2008, about a week before it was due, but 

over 2 years after it was required to be implemented. 

While the media hyped the proposed hike to be 40 % 

of Pay, the actual hike of emoluments turned out to be 

just about 15 to 20 % in most cases at lower & middle 

levels and as high as 60 to 81% at top levels. While 

most sections of the Civil and Defence personnel as 

well as Pensioners are highly dissatisfied and strongly 

protesting, the Government has set up an empowered 

Committee of Secretaries, to work out the modalities 

for implementation of the Report. 

The Report in itself is totally different from 

those of all the previous Pay Commissions, as it has 

brought in some very new concepts of 4 Running “Pay 

Bands” and 20 “Grade Pays” instead of the existing 34 

Pay Scales. This may to an extent reduce the 

stagnation amongst the employees. But difference in 

Grade Pay from one scale to the next is so meagre, 

the benefit - both in terms of money value and job 

satisfaction - would be negligible or rather negative not 

only on account of heavy inflation but more on account 

of insignificant pay rises as compared to other 

Sectors. 

The benefit of merger of DA has not been 

given both for fixation of Pay or Pension. The issue of 

increasing the Medical Allowance has been left for the 

Government to decide. Even the level of relief 

provided after the Fifth Pay Commission Report has 

not been maintained. Following are some of the major 

anomalies or rather areas of serious injustice and, as 

such, must be remedied by the Government before 

implementing the Report – which should in any case 

be done expeditiously. 

• Nominal hike of wages by only 15 to 28 % is totally 

unjust and insignificant as compared to over 300 

percent wage hike in corporate & private Sectors in 

the last ten years. 

• Non-counting of merger of dearness pay for Fixation 

of Pay, is totally unjustified. 

• Minimum Pay of Rs 5740 in scale -1S and Rs 6660 

in PB-1, are too low - being violative of the decision 

of the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India, as accepted 

by the Fifth CPC, to provide for social requirements. 

• Engineers / Technical Supervisors on Railways 

especially aggrieved to be placed in pay band PB-2 

- of Rupees 8700-34800; and for being treated worst 

than even the non-technical staff. 

• Senior Section Engineers unjustly singled out to 

have not been given any upgrading by SCPC. 

• Rates of Increments @ 2.5 % are too low and even 

lesser than existing annual rise 

• Grade pays are too low and their differentials do 

not reflect higher job requirements. 

• Grade pays also do not provide even the existing 

pay rise from one pay scale to the next Proposed 

Corporatisation of railways will jeopardize safety, 

efficiency and productivity on the Railways. 

• Disparity in Pension of Pre & Post 1.1.06 

Retirees. 

• Incoherence in Up-grading of Pay Scales with 

resultant impact on Pensions 

All these are very serious issues which are 

bound to have very adverse impact on the psyche of 

both the serving as well as the Retired employees. 

There is wide-spread resentment all over against the 

report of the Pay Commission. The extreme rise in 

prices is adding fuel to fire. Exodus from 

Government jobs has already started in every 

department – not only from the Defence Forces – 

which are a bit more vocal this time. This will further 

increase in a big way once the Government orders 

are out and if the Government does not remove the 

major flaws in the report, before implementing it 

soon. Talented and meritorious people are already 

not joining the Government jobs since long in view 

of greener pastures available elsewhere. Further 

exodus will not only adversely effect the efficiency of 

the Government services it will have very serious 

repercussions on the ongoing process of 

development of the nation and will retard the pace of 

economic growth – which has painstakingly been 

built up. It is also bound to seriously jeopardize the 

industrial peace. 

It is, therefore, earnestly hoped that the 

Government will give a serious and dispassionate 

thought to the whole matter – not merely for political 

reasons, which are not very far to see, but also from 

the point of view of justice to those who also serve 

the Nation in their own humble way, far from the 

sight of the public gaze, which only looks at the 

superficial layer of the corrupt elements, unmindful 

of millions of silent workers, engineers and many 

others who keep the wheels of the nation running – 

day in and day out. 

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MEMORANDUM ON THE REPORT OF SIXTH PAY COMMISSION 

- ON THE PLIGHT OF ENGINEERS / TECHNICAL SUPERVISORS ON RAILWAYS 

- SUBMITTED BY IRTSA & AIREF ON 21 / 22.4.08 ON THE OCCASION OF JOINT DHARNA AT JANTAR MANTAR, NEW DELHI 

We would like to draw your kind attention to 

the sad plight of the over 50,000 Engineers / 

Technical Supervisors on the Indian Railways and 

the raw deal meted out to them by the Sixth Pay 

Commission – compelling hundreds of Engineers / 

Technical Supervisors from all over India to hold a 

Dharna at Jantar Mantar. 

1.A) i) MINIMUM PAY OF RS 13000 FOR TECHNICAL 

STAFF 

II) ONE PAY BAND OF RS.13,000 – 1,50,000 FOR 

TECHNICAL STAFF – INSTEAD OF 4 PAY BANDS. 

a) While computing the Minimum Wages, Sixth 

Pay Commission has ignored the actual market 

conditions, retail prices as well as the factors of Social 

obligations upheld by the Supreme Court of India and 

accepted by the Fifth CPC. It also ignored a reliable 

formula of % age Rise of Net National Product adopted 

by the Fifth Pay Commission. 

Fifth Pay Commission worked out and adopted 

the Multiple Factor of 3.25 % based on % age rise of NNP 

(Net National Product ). But it also erred by calculating 

the rise of NNP over 9 years instead of 10 years since 

Fourth CPC, for fixing up the Pay Scales at all levels. 

The Sixth Pay Commission did not adopt any 

norms or formula nor did it adopt any scientific criteria for 

Fixing the salaries at various levels. Consequently the 

rise given at various levels is also very erratic and widely 

different at each level – as would be apparent from 

Annexure I A & I B. 

The ratio corresponding to minimum of scales is 

widely varying from 1.61 to 3.37 and %age increase of 

wages also widely vary and not only reflect partial 

treatment but also an erratic approach of the Sixth CPC, 

which is bound to cause great resentment and heart burn. 

The % age rise of NNP over the last 11 years 

since 1994-95, the Compensation Factor works out to be 

164.62 % on Current Prices as on 1.1.06 . Accordingly 

the Minimum salary should be Rs 12500 and the 

Maximum salary should be Rs 1,50,000, based on rise of 

164.62% of NNP. 

Minimum wage as per above stated norms, works 

out to be Rs 12500 for the Non-Technical Staff, instead of 

Rs 6660 proposed by Sixth CPC. Accordingly the 

Minimum wage for Technical Staff should be at least one 

grade higher i.e. Rs !3,000, keeping in view their higher 

and more onerous job requirements and more onerous 

work environments etc. 

ii) It further requested that there should be only one Pay 

Band of Rs.13,000 – 1,50,000 for Technical Staff – 

instead of 4 Pay Bands. Since the Maximum Salary as 

proposed above, works out to be above Rs 1,00,000, it is 

proposed that the Pay of the President of India and other 

Constitutional heads, be revised to over Rs 1.5 lakhs. 

1.B) MINIMUM PAY OF RS. 28000 FOR JUNIOR 

ENGINEERS & RS. 45000 FOR SECTION ENGINEERS & 

SENIOR SECTION ENGINEERS ON RAILWAYS. 

i) Fifth CPC had wrongly applied the multiple factor 

of 3.25, based on rise of NNP by 30.9% for 9 years, 

instead of 38.6 % for 10 years, and wrongly calculated 

the multiple factor as 3.25 instead of 4.05. 

ii) Multiple Factor of 4.92 should be applied as ratio 

between Proposed & Existing Fifth CPC Minimum Pay, as 

per details mentioned in Annexure II. 

iii) Higher duties, responsibilities & job requirements 

of Technical Staff, especially on Railways; 

iv) Comparative Pay Scales and emoluments of the 

counterparts in P.S.Us. with similar duties, responsibilities 

and job requirements. 

v) Additional training after recruitment of Diploma 

Holders as JEs 

vi) Additional training after recruitment of BEs - 

Degree Holders as SEs. 

vii) SCPC has recommended up-gradation of SE to 

SSE scale In chapter 3.8, page 221 and Para 7.36.77 

Page 530 & 531 of its report. 

1.C) (i) UP-GRADING OF JEs TO EQUIVALENT OF PRE- 

REVISED SCALE OF RS.7450- 11500 

(ii) UP-GRADING OF SSE TO EQUIVALENT OF PRE- 

REVISED SCALE OF RS. 10000-15200. 

No consideration has been given by Sixth CPC to 

the onerous nature of Duties and Responsibilities of 

Engineers / Technical Supervisor - which have increased 

manifold and become more onerous especially due to 

modernization on the Railways, indiscriminate shrinking 

of staff strength and numerous other factors. 

Staff Nurse in grade of Rs 5000-8000 are proposed to be 

placed in pre-revised scale of Rs.7450-11500. Similarly, 

Nursing Sisters in Scale Rs 5500-9000 are proposed to 

be placed in the pre-revised Scale of Rs 7500-12000. 

Entry qualification for both the Nursing Staff and JEs are 

3 Years Diploma in their respective disciplines and both 

also have to undergo a training of one and a half year 

followed by examination before absorption. Job 

requirements of J.Es. S.Es. and SSEs. are equally 

onerous and demanding to ensure safety and efficiency 

on the Railways, where one single mistake can endanger 

not one, but thousand lives 

If the proposals of Sixth CPC are implemented, 

there would be a negative growth of salary of especially 

the Senior Section Engineers in scale S-13 (as apparent 

from Annexure I C). 

It is, therefore, requested that:- 

(i) JEs (Junior Engineers) in existing scales of Rs 

5000-8000 and 5500-9000 may be allotted pay scale 

equivalent to the pre-revised scale of Rs 7450-11500 in 

view of their qualification and job requirements. 

(ii) Senior Section Engineers in scale Rs 7450-11500, 

may please be upgraded and placed in the equivalent 

scale of Rs 10000-15200 in consideration of their job 

requirements and long experience – both of which have 

not been considered by the SCPC particularly in view of 

the fact that the Pay scale of Rs 10000-15200 has 

already been granted to JEs with 15 to 24 years service 

on time scale basis in state government service in UP, 

Bihar, Uttaranchal, Jharkhand / C.P.W.D. / M.E.S. etc 

(Continued)


MEMORANDUM ON THE REPORT OF SCPC 

(Contd) 

1.D) PLACING SECTION ENGINEERS (SEs) & SENIOR 

SECTION ENGINEERS (SSEs)& GROUP ‘B’IN PB-3. 

Sixth CPC has greatly erred in placing the Section 

Engineers & Senior Section Engineers in PB-2. Section 

Engineers (SEs) (scale Rs 6500-10500) are recruited on 

the Railways with Engineering Degree as qualifications 

and one year on the job training or are promoted to that 

post after long years of service experience as Junior 

Engineers who are themselves having Engineering 

Diploma as qualification and one & half years of on the 

job training. Section Engineers (scale Rs 6500-10500) & 

Senior Section Engineers (scale Rs 7450-11500) are 

‘Spot” or “Field” Managers - directly managing production, 

planning, quality control, safety, efficiency and effective 

execution of administrative polices and targets in the field 

and on the shop floor, shed or depot, being directly 

responsible for round the clock management of the 

system against all odds, constraints, shortage of staff and 

material resources as well as vagaries of nature. 

Assistant Nursing Superintendents (scale Rs 

6500-10500), Deputy Nursing Superintends (scale Rs 

7500-12000) have all been placed in PB-3. There is no 

justification for placing the SE, SSE and Group B officers 

in PB-2. It is requested that either the proposal of having 

4 Pay Bands be totally scrapped or else Section 

Engineers (scale Rs 6500-10500) & Senior Section 

Engineers (scale Rs 7450-11500) and Group B Officers 

on the Railways be placed in PB-3. 

2. COUNTING OF DP FOR FIXATION OF PAY 

Dearness Pay has all along been counted for all 

purposes including fixation of Pay in the Revised scales 

of pay after every Pay Commission. The Sixth Pay 

Commission could not be an exception for any reason 

whatsoever as it would not be justified to ignore this 

element for fixation of pay. It is therefore requested that 

DP (Dearness Pay) may please be counted for all 

purposes including fixation of Pay etc. 

3. MINIMUM ANNUAL INCREMENT OF 5 % PA 

(INSTEAD OF 2.5 %). 

Rate of increment is much higher in most of the PSUs 

and private sector. The rate of Increment should be such 

so as to provide adequate motivation and incentive for 

maintaining the level of efficiency and commitment. It 

should be atleast 5 % of Pay to adequately meet the 

increasing monetary requirements and growing family 

and social liabilities as well as to compensate for 

improved skill and efficiency on account of experience. 

4a) ADEQUATE RISE OF PAY FROM ONE SCALE TO THE 

NEXT. 

4b) GRANT OF AT LEAST 4 INCREMENTS ON PROMOTION. 

4c) MERGER OF GRADE PAY WITH PAY SCALE AFTER 

FITMENT IN THE REVISED SCALES. 

Sixth Pay Commission has killed all charm & 

incentive on promotion from one scale or post to the next 

by reducing the margin between the minimum of two 

subsequent grade to just Rs 400 in PB-2 (in the shape of 

so called Grade Pay) from the existing level of Rs 500 of 

JE-II (Rs 5000-8000) & JE–I (Rs 5500-9000) and of Rs 

1000 between the subsequent existing scales of Rs 6500- 

10500 and above. 

This is totally unjustified, illogical and irrational and bound 

to cause much frustration. It is therefore requested that 

concept of Grade Pay should be rejected and proper 

rational Pay scales be formed with adequate rise from the 

minimum of one to that of the next which should not be 

less than at least thrice the existing level or the existing 

differential be multiplied with the compensatory factor 

based on the rise of NNP (Net National Product) as was 

done by the Fifth Pay Commission. 

5. GROUP ‘B’ GAZETTED STATUS TO ALL J.Es., SEs. 

& SSEs. 

All the previous three Pay Commissions had 

recommended for classification of the Pay Scales of 

senior Technical Supervisors to be classified in Group B 

and the Government had also accepted the 

recommendations in this regard, except in case of Fifth 

Pay Commission where in the Government had modified 

the recommendations (as per details in Annexure III. But 

the Railways did not implement any of the orders issued 

after any of the 3 Pay Commissions. 

Sixth Pay Commission has clubbed all the 

existing scales of Technical Supervisors (JEs, SEs, SSEs 

/ CMS/ DMS) in existing scales of Rs 5000-8000, Rs 

5500-9000, Rs 6500-10500, Rs 7450-11500, and Group 

B in existing scales of Rs 7500-12000 and 8000- 13500, 

in PB-2. Since the nature of job in all these scales 

requires supervision and management, it is requested 

that these posts be classified in Group B gazetted . as 

has already been done in other Central Government 

Departments as well as in most other State Government 

services (as per details in Annexure III). 

6a) 2 AC CLASS PASS TO ALL JUNIOR ENGINEERS – 

ON PAR WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS, 

SCPC (vide Para- 4.2.30 page 236) has recommended 

that the travel entitlement of posts carrying Grade Pay 

from Rs.4200 to 4800 should be in AC-II tier by train while 

on Tour and Transfer. It is requested that this 

recommendation of the SCPC be implemented on the 

Railways as already existing in other Central Government 

Departments 

6b) INCLUSION OF BOTH FATHER & MOTHER IN 

PRIVILEGE PASS 

It is requested that in view of the social 

obligations and bonding in India, both the Parents (Father 

and Mother) whereever dependent on a Railway 

employee – due to their old age and low level of income, 

be allowed to be included in the Privilege Pass and the 

definition of dependent be amended accordingly. 

7. TIME BOUND / TIME SCALE PROMOTIONS FROM JE TO 

JA GRADE – AS IN THE CASE OF MES, TELECOM & 

CPWD:- 

Regular promotions at fixed and specified intervals are 

very essential for effective motivation and efficiency with 

sustained growth. Time bound and Time Scale 

Promotions are there not only in the Defence Services but 

also in the Officers Cadres in Civil Services and the 

Railways. 

These have also been adopted for the Junior Engineers 

in CPWD, MES and Telecom Department 

These have also been implemented for JEs in most of 

the States (as per details in Annexure III). But the JEs, 

SEs and SSEs continue to rot in these scales throughout 

their careers and get highly demoralized and frustrated 

with ACP providing no real relief as per their job 

requirements. It is requested that Time Bound and Time 

Scale Promotions be granted to Engineers, Technical 

Supervisors on Railways 

(Continued)

Voice of Rail Engineers Page –5 March - April, 2008 

MEMORANDUM ON THE REPORT OF SCPC 

(Contd) 

8. A) INCENTIVE / ARDUOUS DUTY ALLOWANCE TO 

J.Es, SEs, SSEs, CMT & DMS STAFF ETC. 

All these staff are required to work in hazarduous 

environments and arduous environments – exposed to 

vagaries of nature and constant threat to their personal 

safety, ensure time bound execution of work and punctual 

running of trains/ maintaining outturn targets, without respite 

from exposures. It is therefore requested that J.Es, SEs, 

SSEs, CMT & DMS STAFF may please be granted Arduous 

Duty Allowance. 

8.B) PCO / Design / Planning Allowance for Drawing / 

Design Engineers 

Drawing is the language of Engineers and design 

has main role in execution of any work. No engineering 

project can be imagined without Drawing /Design. Design 

and planning allowance is denied by SCPC on one side, for 

the Subordinate Engineers and recommended doubling of 

the same for the officer attached to design organization, on 

the other. Drawing / Design Engineers are having vital role 

in planning and designing and have same justification. It is 

requested that PCO/ Planning / Designing Allowances be 

extended to JEs, SEs, SSEs & AEs of Drawing / Design 

cadre as for the technical officers in these sections / offices. 

9. NO CORPORATISATION OF RAILWAYS. 

The Pay Commission, while recommending 

Corporatisation of the Railways (vide Para 7.36.99 to 103), 

has not taken note of the fact that while most of the central 

PSUs like Air India etc. are sinking deeper in losses, a 

profitable Government entity like Indian Railways is 

improving its financial performance year after year. It is 

requested that the Railways should not be Corporatised. On 

the other hand a separate Wage Board be set up to review 

and decide the Wage structure of Railway men in view of 

special working conditions, separate Budgetary provision 

and the role Railways play in the development of Nation. 

10. EXEMPTION OF ALL ALLOWANCES FROM INCOME TAX 

Allowances (like DA, CCA, HRA etc) are not exactly 

income but only compensations for maintaining the real 

income. Fifth Pay Commission had strongly recommended 

for exempting all such Allowances from Income Tax (vide 

Para 167.8 & 167.9 of its Report) to exempt these 

Allowances from Income Tax, to avoid erosion of the wages 

recommended by it. But the Government had so far not 

accepted this recommendation of Fifth CPC. Sixth CPC has 

not reflected on this issue. It is requested that the 

recommendations of Fifth CPC be implemented and all 

allowances be exempted under section 195 of the Income 

Tax Act. 

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MIDNIGHT CANDLELIGHT AGITATION 

IN FRONT OF TRICHY JUNCTION 

On 7 th March, IRTSA conducted MIDNIGHT 

CANDLELIGHT AGITATION in front of Trichy Junction, 

Southern Railway, was held by IRTSA, to highlight the 

growing frustrations among the supervising Engineers. 

Supervisors from ICF, SCR and all subunits of Southern 

Railway participated. Er.M.Shanmugam, Central 

President lead the agitation. Er.Tamilmaran, VP/IRTSA, 

Er.K.V.Ramesh, ACT/IRTSA Er.Muthiaha, 

Div,Secretary/Madurai, Er.Ilangovan, Div.President 

/Salem, Er.C.Mani, SU.Secy/ Podanur, Er. K.Gobinath, 

AGS, Er.Thirumaran, Secretary/GOC and many others 

spoke on the agitation. All the speakers pressed on the 

main demands of IRTSA like revised pay scales as 

demanded in IRTSA memorandum to the Sixth CPC, First 

class pass to all JEs, Gazetted status to SSEs & SEs, 

Incentive/Special pay to Open Line Engineers, Design 

allowance to Design & Drawing Engineers, revision of 

incentive rates in Production units and Workshops etc. 

IRTSA CONDUCTS SEMINAR 

TO IMPROVE SALEM DIVISION 

On 7 th march, 2008 IRTSA conducted seminar to 

improve Salem division, the youngest division of Indian 

Railways. Salem Mayor Smt.Rekha Priyadarshini 

inaugurated the seminar. Sri.Raja, MLA gave the 

valedictory address. In their address both Mayor and the 

MLA appreciated the efforts taken by IRTSA and its 

President M.Shanmugam for organizing the seminar which 

has so much of local importance. In his power point 

presentation Er.Shanmugam explained about the 

suggestions given by IRTSA including introduction of new 

trains and new rail routes for the Salem division. He also 

proposed a Metro Rail system for Salem city. Earlier 

Er.Tamilmaran, Vice President/IRTSA gave the welcome 

address. Sri.A.Swaminathan, President, All Bharat 

Confederation of Senior Citizens and Pensioners and 

Er.Balaraman, President, Diploma Engineers Association, 

Tamilnadu were among those who spoke on the occasion. 

Press and Visual media gave wide spread coverage 

for the seminar. At the end of the programme a press meet 

was also conducted by President M.Shanmugam. 

CENTRAL PRESIDENT INAUGURATES IRTSA 

UNIT AT SALEM DIVISION 

Central President M.Shanmugam inaugurated the 

IRTSA unit in Salem division on 7 th march, 2008. 

Engineers from ICF and Southern Railway participated in 

large numbers. Earlier in the afternoon Central President 

held a meeting at Salem divisional office. 

New office bearers of Salem Divisional Unit 

Er.Ilangovan 

- Divisional President 

Er.JayaRaj 

- Divisional Vice President 

Er.N.Baskar 

- Divisional Secretary 

Er.K.Dhaksinamurthy - Zonal Treasurer 

Er.Ranjit Singh - Zonal Org. Secretary 

Office Bearers of Salem Sub unit 

Er.Rajasekar (S&T) - Sub unit President 

Er.Ranjit Singh (C&W) - Sub unit Working president 

Er.Govindraj (TRD) - Sub unit Secretary 

Er.Radhakrishnan (C&W)- Sub unit Treasurer 

Er.Radha (TRD) - Sub unit Joint Secretary 

Er.Periyasamy (C&W) - Sub unit org.Secretary 

Er.Jacob Vargesh (S&T)- Sub unit org. Secretary 

Er.Arumugam (TRD) - Sub unit Org.Secretary 

At the end of the meeting Er.Abdul Salam, Zonal 

Secretary, S.Rly wished all the office bearers best of luck 

and requested them to work to the best of their ability.


MEMORANDUM TO DIRECTOR DOP (PW) 

ON PENSIONARY BENEFITS 

FROM HARCHANDAN SINGH, SECRETARY, RSCWS 

(RAILWAY SENIOR CITIZENS WELFARE SOCIETY) 

In response to DOP (Pension & Pensioners Welfare) 

Memo No.38/35/2008 P&PW(A) dated 17/04/2008 

We would like to draw the attention of the 

Department of Pension & Pensioners Welfare, Government 

of India, towards the following points which need to be 

addressed to by the authorities while finalizing the 

implementation of the recommendations of the Sixth Central 

Pay Commission pertaining to the existing pensioners: 

1. DISPARITY IN PENSION OF PRE AND POST 1-1-2006 

CATEGORIES 

There will be a wide variation between the pensions 

in cases of Pre & Post 1-1-06 Retirees, even though they 

belong to the same Pay Band in both cases of retirees. As 

per Para 5.1.47 of the 6 th PC report, the pension of the pre 

1-1-06 retirees is to be fixed as per Fitment Table (Annex 

5.1.1) subject to the provision that the revised Pension shall 

in no case be lower than 50% of the sum of the minimum of 

the pay in the pay band and the grade pay thereon 

corresponding to the pre-revised pay scale from which the 

pensioner had retired. (Pay fixation of the serving 

employees in the revised running pay bands has been 

given in Table 2.2.2 of the report). 

The enclosed table (Table I) shows the comparison 

of the pension for all the existing scales from S-4 to S-34 

(Pay Bands PB-2 to PB-4), in cases of Pre & Post 1-1-06 

Retirees, even though they belong to the same Pay Band in 

both the cases of retirees. It would be seen that there is a 

wide variation between the pensions although the parent 

pay band is the same in both cases of retirees. A very 

anomalous situation arises because a person retiring on 

31 st Dec. 2005 gets a lower pension than his counterpart 

retiring at the initial stage of the same scale a month later. 

Justice demands that there should be no difference in 

pension when the same pay band is applicable in both the 

cases. It will be appreciated that this inequality in pension 

needs to be removed as else it would be a great injustice to 

past pensioners and shall be a violation of laws of natural 

justice (as held by the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India in 

Nakara’s Case. 

2. INCOHERENCE IN UPGRADATION OF PAY SCALES 

WITH RESULTANT EFFECT ON PENSIONS 

Combining of the existing 34 scales into four pay bands and 

grade pay has given rise to many incongruent situations as 

mentioned below: i) Ratio between the 5 th PC scales and 

the new pay bands (both taken at the minimum level) is 

very erratic varying from 1.46 to 3.37 which will be evident 

from the enclosed table (Table II). Not only that, but also 

there is wide variation within the same pay band. This 

variation is 1.70 to 2.42 for PB 1, 1.61 to 2.58 for PB 2, 1.46 

to 2.63 for PB 3 and 2.17 to 3.37 for PB 4. There is no 

justification for such huge variations within either between 

the 4 Bands or within each Band especially if the intention 

behind the Band is to group personnel who are manning the 

posts of almost equal responsibility. A uniform ratio of 3.3 

with plus minus variation of about 10% was adopted by 5 th 

CPC while upgrading the scales of 4 th CPC. The haphazard 

ratio, adopted by the Sixth CPC, in up-gradation of scales is 

resulting into a wide variation of increase in pay fixation of 

various scales with consequential effect on pensions. 

This will be clear from the enclosed table of pay 

fixation(Table III) Percentage increase in the pay over 

what was drawn on 1-1-06 is reflected in the last col. and 

the variation is from 21.02 % to 81.22 %. Such a huge 

inequality is unheard of. 

ii) For the past pensioners having a choice of selecting 

better of the pensions as per fitment table (Annex 5.1.1) 

or 50 % of the new pay bands with grade pay, a table 

(Table IV) is enclosed for all the pay scales. The 

beneficial pension is indicated in bold figures. It would be 

seen that increase in pension is just 15.1 % in most of the 

cases as the new pay bands give a lower pension in their 

case. Where-ever pension is more on the basis of pay 

bands, there also is a wide variation in percentage 

increase. In one case of scale S-28, the increase in 

pension is of the order of 81.2 %. What is the justification 

for such a vast variation is any body’s guess? 

This huge variations in revised pay as well as pension, 

needs to be remedied in the interest of justice and to 

avoid serious heart burning amongst the majority of the 

employees as well as the Pensioners. 

3. NEED FOR INCREASED PENSION FOR OLDER 

PENSIONERS : In Para 5.1.32 of the report, the 

Commission has considered the need for increased 

pension for older pensioners. But the threshold age of 80 

years for this benefit is too late in the evening of 

pensioners. The span of residual life left after 

superannuation is greatly influenced by the post retiral 

tensions arising out of health and economic problems and 

very few may be lucky to receive the benefit granted after 

the age of 80 years. It is, therefore, urged that the 

pension be increased by 5 % for every five years starting 

from the age of 65 years, by 10 % after 70 years and 15 

% after 75 years of age as is the case in some of the 

States which are already granting such increase in 

pensions. With this it will be 20 % at 80 years and there 

onwards as recommended by the Pay Commission. 

4. UNJUST EXCLUSION OF ‘EFFECT OF MERGER OF 

50% DEARNESS ALLOWANCE’ 

The Pay Commission has unjustly proposed ‘exclusion of 

effect of merger of 50% Dearness Allowance’ for fitment 

of revised Pension of Existing Pensioners. This defeats 

the very purpose of merging the Dearness Allowance. It is 

therefore requested that not only the entire amount of 74 

% Dearness Allowance (as on 1.1.06) but rather the 50 % 

merged portion of DA with 24 % DA thereon, should be 

Counted for the fitment of Pension. 

5. GRANT OF INTERIM RELIEF 

The setting up and consequently the Report of the Sixth 

Pay Commission had been greatly delayed causing much 

suffering to the Pensioners. Processing and 

implementation of the final orders are bound to take time. 

It is therefore requested that an Interim Relief of at least 

40% of the Pension be granted early w.e.f. 1.1.2006, to 

all existing Pensioners. 

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FIXATION OF PENSION OF EXISTING PENSIONERS 

Extracts of Report of Sixth Central Pay Commission. (Page 338, Volume I) 

5.1.47 Fitment benefit to the past pensioners- The Commission notes that modified parity has already 

been conceded between pre and post 1/1/1996 pensioners. Further, full neutralization of price rise on or after 

1/1/1996 has also been extended to all the pensioners. Accordingly, no further changes in the extent rules are 

necessary. However, in order to maintain the existing modified parity between present and future retirees, it will be 

necessary to allow the same fitment benefit as is being recommended for the existing Government employees. The 

Commission, accordingly, recommends that all past pensioners should be allowed fitment benefit equal to 

40% of the pension excluding the effect of merger of 50% dearness allowance/ dearness relief as pension (in 

respect of pensioners retiring on or after 1/4/2004) and dearness pension (for other pensioners) respectively. 

The increase will be allowed by subsuming the effect of conversion of 50% of dearness relief/ dearness 

allowance as dearness pension/dearness pay. Consequently, dearness relief at the rate of 74% on pension 

(excluding the effect of merger) has been taken for the purposes of computing revised pension as on 

1/1/2006. This is consistent with the fitment benefit being allowed in case of the existing employees. A table (Annex 

5.1.1) showing fixation of the pension of the existing pensioners in the revised dispensation consequent to 

implementation of the recommendations of this Commission has been prepared and should be used for 

fixing the revised pension of the existing pensioners. 

The fixation as per this table will be subject to the provision that the revised 

pension, in no case, shall be lower than fifty percent of the sum of the minimum of 

the pay in the pay band and the grade pay thereon corresponding to the pre-revised pay 

scale from which the pensioner had retired. To this extent, a change would need to be 

allowed from the fitment table (Please see Revised Pension Fitment Table on next Page} 

REVISED PENSION FITMENT TABLE – AT A GLANCE 

Extracts of (Volume II) Annexure 5.1.1, Page 87 to 254 

Prerevised 

Pension+ 

DP * on 

1.1,06 

Revised 

Pension 

As per 

Annex. 

5.1.1 

Prerevised 

Pension+ 

DP * on 

1.1,06 

Revised 

Pension 

As per 

Annex. 

5.1.1 

Prerevised 

Pension 

DP * on 

1.1,06 

Revised 

Pension 

As per 

Annex. 

5.1.1 

Prerevised 

Pension 

DP * on 

1.1,06 

Revised 

Pension As 

per 

Annex.5.1.1 

1913 3330 4500 6420 7100 10129 9700 13839 

2000 3330 4600 6563 7200 10272 9800 13981 

2100 3330 4700 6705 7300 10415 9900 14124 

2200 3330 4800 6848 7400 10557 10000 14267 

2300 3330 4900 6991 7500 10700 10500 14980 

2400 3424 5000 7133 7600 10843 11000 15693 

2500 3567 5100 7276 7700 10985 11500 16407 

2600 3709 5200 7419 7800 11128 12000 17120 

2700 3852 5300 7561 7900 11271 12500 17833 

2800 3995 5400 7704 8000 11413 13000 18547 

2900 4137 5500 7847 8100 11556 13500 19260 

3000 4280 5600 7989 8200 11699 14000 19973 

3100 4423 5700 8132 8300 11841 14500 20687 

3200 4565 5800 8275 8400 11984 15000 21400 

3300 4708 5900 8417 8500 12127 15500 22113 

3400 4851 6000 8560 8600 12269 16000 22827 

3500 4993 6100 8703 8700 12412 16500 23540 

3600 5136 6200 8845 8800 12555 17000 24253 

3700 5279 6300 8988 8900 12697 17500 24967 

3800 5421 6400 9131 9000 12840 18000 25680 

3900 5564 6500 9273 9100 12983 18500 26393 

4000 5707 6600 9416 9200 13125 19000 27107 

4100 5849 6700 9559 9300 13268 22500 32100 

4200 5992 6800 9701 9400 13411 

4300 6135 6900 9844 9500 13553 

4400 6277 7000 9987 9600 13696 

• DP (Dearness Pension) in case of pre 1.4.2004 pensioners. 

• For post 31.3.2004 pensioners, DP is included in pension . 

** Revised DA from 1.1.06 = 0 %, from 1.7.06 = 2%, from 1.1.07 = 6 %, from 1.7.07 = 9% and 1.1.08 = 12 % 

*** Fixation shall not be less than 50% of minimum of pay in the new pay band and the grade pay.


Table IV- WIDE VARIATION OF % AGE INCREASE OF PENSION 

A B C D E F G H I J 

Pensio Fitment %age Pension Increase in Pension @ Increase in %age 

n Pens. incre drawn Pension as 50% of min. Pension Increase 

(50%of as per ase on on 1-1-06 of New Pay w.r.t. to with 

min. of 6th PC col 1-1-06 as per 

Bands with New Pay fitment 

Fitment 

scale)+ Table B to with 

Table(C-E) 

Grade Pay Bands table- 

50% DA 5.1.1 C 24% DA 

(Col G-E) (Col C&E) 

Existing Pay 

Scales as per 5th 

PC 

S-9 (5000-8000) 

S-10 (5500-9000) 

S-11 (6500-10500) 

%age 

Increase 

with New 

Pay Band 

(Col G&E) 

P B 2 

3750 5350 42.67 4650 700 6450 1800 15.1 38.7 

4125 5885 42.67 5115 770 6450 1335 15.1 26.1 

4875 6955 42.67 6045 910 6450 405 15.1 6.7 

S-12 (6500-6900) 5587 7971 42.67 6927 1043.12 6650 -277 15.1 -4.0 

S-13 (7450-11500) 5625 8025 42.67 6975 1050 6750 -225 15.1 -3.2 

S-14 7500-12000) 5625 8025 42.67 6975 1050 6750 (-) 225 15.1 (-) 3.2 

S-15 (8000-13500) 6000 8560 42.67 7440 1120 7050 (-) 390 15.1 (-) 5.2 

New scale-(Gr A 

entry)(8000-13500) 

S-16,17(9000, 

9000-9550) 

S-18 10325- 

10975(SS) 

S-19 (10000- 

15200) 

S-20 10650-15850) 

S-21 (12000- 

16500) (JAG) 

S-22 (12750- 

16500) 

S-23(12000-18000) 

S-24 (14300- 

18300) (SG) 

S-25 (15100- 

18300) 

S-26,27 (16400- 

20000,20900) 

S-28 (14300- 

22400) 

S-29 (18400- 

22400) (SAG) 

S-30(22400-4500) 

PHOD 

S-31 (22400- 

26000) 

S-32 (24050- 

26000) 

P B 3 

6000 8560 42.67 7440 1120 10500 3060 15.1 41.1 

6750 9630 42.67 8370 1260 10500 2130 15.1 25.4 

7743 11047 42.67 9601 1445.68 10850 1248 15.1 13.0 

7500 10700 42.67 9300 1400 10850 1550 15.1 16.7 

7988 11396 42.66 9905 1490.88 11050 1144 15.1 11.6 

9000 12840 42.67 11160 1680 11100 -60 15.1 (-) 0.5 

9563 13643 42.66 11858 1784.88 11550 (-) 308 15.1 (-) 2.6 

9000 12840 42.67 11160 1680 11600 440 15.1 3.9 

10725 15301 42.67 13299 2002 11600 (-) 1699 15.1 (-) 12.8 

11325 16157 42.67 14043 2114 11950 (-) 2093 15.1 (-) 14.9 

12300 17548 42.67 15252 2296 12000 (-) 3252 15.1 (-) 21.3 

P B 4 

10725 15301 42.67 13299 2002 24100 10801 15.1 81.2 

13800 19688 42.67 17112 2576 24100 6988 15.1 40.8 

16800 23968 42.67 20832 3136 25100 4268 15.1 20.5 

16800 23968 42.67 20832 3136 25200 4368 15.1 21.0 

18038 25734 42.67 22367 3366.88 26100 3732 15.1 16.7 

S-33 (26000)(Secy) 19500 27820 42.67 24180 3640 40000 15820 15.1 65.4 

22500 32100 42.67 27900 4200 45000 17100 15.1 61.3 

S-34 

(30000)(Cab.Secy) 

Central President Visits Lucknow Unit 

Central President Er.M.Shanmugam along with K.V.Ramesh, ACT/IRTSA visited Lucknow unit, NR and 

addressed a large gathering of Supervising Engineers. 

Er.P.C.Bihari welcomed the gathering. Many speakers including Er.Sukla, Er.A.K.Srivastava, 

Er.MadanRai, Er.Mishra and Sri.Yadava condemned the insignificant recommendations made by SCPC. In his 

long speech Central President called upon all the Supervising Engineers to attend all the agitations organized by 

IRTSA enmass. Er.Rehman, Zonal Secretary, NR thanked the gathering and assured the CP full participation from 

the Lucknow Voice of Rail unit. Engineers The meeting was held under the chairmanship Page – 9 of Sri.Siyamram Bajpayi, Patron MarIRTSA. 

ch - April, 2008

RATIO BETWEEN MINIMUM OF 5TH & 6TH CPC SCALES 

Existing Pay Scales 

as per 

5th CPC 

ANNEXURE – I A 

A B C D E F G 

Equivalent Pay Max.of Max. of Min. pay Min. 

Band & Grade Pay 5th CPC 6th CPC - 6th pay - 

(6 th CPC) Scales Scales CPC 5th PC 

P B-2 

Ratio between 

MIN. 5th & 6th 

CPC Scales 

S-9 (5000-8000) 8700-34800+4200 8000 39000 12900 5000 2.58 

S-10 (5500-9000) 8700-34800+4200 9000 39000 12900 5500 2.35 

S-11(6500-6900) 8700-34800+4200 6900 39000 12900 6500 1.98 

S12((6500-10500) do 10500 39000 12900 6500 1.98 

S-13 (7450-11500) 8700-34800+4600 11500 39400 13300 7450 1.78 

S-14 (7500-12000) 8700-34800+4800 12000 39600 13500 7500 1.80 

S-15 (8000-13500) 8700-34800+5400 13500 40200 14100 8000 1.76 

P B-3 

New scale- (Group A 

entry) (8000-13500)(JS) 15600-39100+5400 13500 44500 21000 8000 2.63 

S-16,(9000) 15600-39100+5400 9000 44500 21000 9000 2.33 

S-17(9000-9550) do 9550 44500 21000 9000 2.33 

S-18 (10325-10975) (SS) 15600-39100+6100 10975 45200 21700 10325 2.10 

S-19 (10000-15200) 15600-39100+6100 15200 45200 21700 10000 2.17 

S-20 10650-15850) 15600-39100+6500 15850 45600 22100 10650 2.08 

S-21 12000-16500 JAG) 15600-39100+6600 16500 45700 22200 12000 1.85 

S-22 (12750-16500) 15600-39100+7500 16500 46600 23100 12750 1.81 

S-23(12000-18000) 15600-39100+7600 18000 46700 23200 12000 1.93 

S-24 (14300-18300) (SG) 15600-39100+7600 18300 46700 23200 14300 1.62 

S-25 (15100-18300) 15600-39100+8300 18300 47400 23900 15100 1.58 

S-26 (16400-20000) 15600-39100+8400 20000 47500 24000 16400 1.46 

S-27(16400-20900) do 20900 47500 24000 16400 1.46 

P B-4 

S-31 (22400-26000) 

S-28 (14300-22400) 39200-67000+9000 22400 76000 48200 14300 3.37 

S-29 (18400-22400) 

(SAG) 39200-67000+9000 22400 76000 48200 18400 2.62 

S-30 (22400-24500) 

(PHOD) 

39200- 

67000+11000 24500 78000 50200 22400 2.24 

39200- 

67000+13000 24500 80000 52200 22400 2.33 

39200- 

67000+13000 26000 80000 52200 24050 2.17 

S-32 (24050-26000) 

S-33 (26000))(Secy) 80000 26000 80000 80000 26000 3.08 

S-34 (30000)(Cab.Secy) 90000 30000 90000 90000 30000 3.00 

IRTS SC RAILWAY UNIT SUBMITS MEMORANDUM TO MM 

IRTSA South Central Railway Zonal Secretary Er.G Krishna Rao submitted a memorandum against the 

retrograde recommendations of Sixth Central Pay commission to Sri.Raj Kamal Rao, Member 

Mechanical, Railway Board during his visit to Secunderabad on 12.04.2008. He appealed for immediate 

intervention of MM to restore the lost morale among the technical staff in general Technical supervisors 

in particular. Er.B.Appalasamy, Zonal President, Er.Ramanamoorthy and many others were present on 

the occasion.


ANNEXURE – I B 

WIDE VARIATION OF % AGE INCREASE OF MINIMUM OF EXISTING AND PROPOSED PAY SCALES & 

PAY FIXATION RECOMMENDED BY SIXTH CPC AS PER PAGE No 59, 60, 61 AND 62 OF VI CPC REPORT 

(%age Rise of Total Emoluments – Calculated as on 01.01.2006) 

Pre- 

Revi 

sed 

Scale 

Min 

of 

Exist. 

Scale 

Existing Emoluments 

Max 

of 

Exist. 

Scale 

Min. 

Emolument 

BP+DP+ 

24%DA 

On 1.1.06 

Max 

Emoluments 

Pay 

Band 

Corresponding 

pay 

bands 

Recommended Emoluments 

Grade 

pay 

Total Min. 

Pay 

On 1.1.06 

Increase/ 

decrease 

in Min. 

Pay 

% age 

increase 

S-1 2550 2660 4743 4948 1S 4440 1300 5740 997 21.02 

S-2 2610 3150 4855 5859 1S 4550 1400 5950 1095 22.56 

S-3 2650 3300 4929 6138 1S 4620 1650 6270 1341 27.21 

S-4 2750 3800 5115 7068 PB-1 4990 1800 6790 1675 32.75 

S-5 3050 3950 5673 7347 PB-1 5310 1900 7210 1537 27.09 

S-6 3200 4900 5952 9114 PB-1 5570 2000 7570 1618 27.18 

S-7 4000 6000 7440 11160 PB-1 6960 2400 9360 1920 25.81 

S-8 4500 7000 8370 13020 PB-1 7830 2800 10630 2260 27.00 

S-9 5000 8000 9300 14880 PB-2 8700 4200 12900 3600 38.71 

S-10 5500 9000 10230 16740 PB-2 9570 4200 13770 3540 34.60 

S-11 6500 6900 12090 12834 PB-2 11310 4200 15510 3420 28.29 

S-12 6500 10500 12090 19530 PB-2 11310 4200 15510 3420 28.29 

S-13 7450 11500 13857 21390 PB-2 12970 4600 17570 3713 26.80 

S-14 7500 12000 13950 22320 PB-2 13050 4800 17850 3900 27.96 

S-15 8000 13500 14880 25110 PB-2 13920 5400 19320 4440 29.84 

New 8000 13500 14880 25110 PB-3 15990 5400 21390 6510 43.75 

S-16 9000 (Fixed) 16740 25110 PB-3 15600 5400 21000 4260 25.45 

S-17 9000 9550 16740 17763 PB-3 15990 5400 21390 4650 27.78 

S-18 10325 12575 19205 23390 PB-3 17970 6100 24070 4866 25.34 

S-19 10000 15200 18600 28272 PB-3 17400 6100 23500 4900 26.34 

S-20 10650 15850 19809 29481 PB-3 18540 6500 25040 5231 26.41 

S-21 12000 16500 22320 30690 PB-3 20880 6600 27480 5160 23.12 

S-22 12750 16500 23715 30690 PB-3 22190 7500 29690 5975 25.20 

S-23 12000 18000 22320 33480 PB-3 20880 7600 28480 6160 27.60 

S-24 14300 18300 26598 34038 PB-3 24890 7600 32490 5892 22.15 

S-25 15100 18300 28086 34038 PB-3 26280 8300 34580 6494 23.12 

S-26 16400 20000 30504 37200 PB-3 28540 8400 36940 6436 21.10 

S-27 16400 20900 30504 38874 PB-3 28540 8400 36940 6436 21.10 

S-28 14300 22400 26598 41664 PB-4 39200 9000 48200 21602 81.22 

S-29 18400 22400 34224 41664 PB-4 43280 9000 52280 18056 52.76 

S-30 22400 24500 41664 45570 PB-4 48990 11000 59990 18326 43.99 

S-31 22400 26000 41664 48360 PB-4 48990 13000 61990 20326 48.79 

S-32 24050 25000 44733 46500 PB-4 52770 13000 65770 21037 47.03 

S-33 26000 (Fixed) 46500 - - 80000 (Fixed) - 33500 72.04 

S-34 30000 (Fixed) 55800 - - 90000 (Fixed) - 34200 61.29 

Month ending 

REVISED RATES OF DA AFTER IMPLEMENTATION OF SCPC REPORT (An IRTSA Calculation) 

Ave. CPI 

(1982 

=100 

as Base) 

With effect 

from 

%age Rise of 

CPI 

over 536 – 

As in Dec,05) 

DA on 

Revd. Pay/ 

Pension 

(1982 Base) 

Average CPI 

(2001 =100 

As Base) 

%age Rise of 

CPI over 536 

As in 

December,05) 

DA on 

Revised Pay/ 

Pension 

(2001 Base) 

31. 12. 2005 536.00 1.1.06 Nil Nil 115.76 Nil Nil 

30. 06. 2006 550. 38 1.7.06 2.68 % 2 % 118.87 2.68 % 2 % 

31. 12. 2006 568.91 1.1.07 6.13 % 6 % 122.87 6.04 % 6 % 

30. 06. 2006 587.66 1.7.07 9.63 % 9 % 126.92 9.64 % 9 % 

31. 12. 2007 605.50 1.1.08 14.84 % 12 % 130.08 12.37 % 12 % 

* Linking factor for conversion of 2001=100 base index to previous 1982=100 index series is 4.6


Railway Board Letters 

Incentive for acquiring higher Scientific / Accounts 

/ Technical qualification to Group “C” employees. 

Rly. Bd’s letter No. E(NG)I-2008/IC-2/1, dt 21.2.2008. 

Reference Board’s letter No. E(NG)/64/RC1/25 dated 

14.05.66 and No.E(NG)I/87/IC2/1 dated 29.05.89 read 

with Board’s letter No. E(NG)I/97/IC1/4 dated 12.11.2001 

regarding grant of incentives to Group “c” employees for 

acquiring higher Scientific / Accounts / Technical 

qualification. 

The Central Administrative Tribunal vide its order 

dated 27.11.2007 in O.A No.333 of 2007 filed by Shri. 

M.C.Talukdar, has directed to consider the claim of 

applicant for advance increments if he is identically 

situated like applicants (Shri. Ashok Sengupta & Others) 

in O.A No. 270 of 1996 and the scheme extended to 

Group “B” officers who were given increased number of 

increments from 04.05.1990. 

The matter has been considered by the Ministry 

of Railways in the light of the above development and it 

has been decided that the Group “C” employees who 

acquired the specified qualification prior to 01.07.1988 

and given cash award of Rs.200 / two increments as per 

Board’s letter No. E(NG)64/RC1/25 dated 14.05.66 may 

also be considered and given balance two / four 

increments, as the case may be, in accordance with the 

Board’s letter No.E(NG)I/87/IC2/1 dated 29.05.89 w.e.f 

04.05.90 in the scale and stage at which they were 

drawing their pay / scale on 04.05.1990. 

New Office Bears of IRTSA/Lallaguda Workshop, SCR 

N.V.Ramana Murthy President 

Narmada Rao 

Working President 

K.P.Chari 

Vice President 

Ch.Muralidhar Rao Vice President 

Venu 

Vice President 

B.Appalasamy 

Secretary 

Kotiswamy 

Asst. Secretary 

A.Kishore 


K.L.N.Swamy 


Sirisha 


Naveeenchandra Babu Asst. Secretary 

K.Subramanyam 


K.Anjaneyulu 

Org. Secretary 

K.L.N.R.Sharma 


K.Sathyanarayana Reddy Org. Secretary 

K.Chandrasekar 


S.Narendar Naidu 


P.Suresh 


Khaja Miya 


G.Subbaiaah 

Treasurer 

G.Venkatasubbaiah Asst. Treasurer 

V.V.Appa Rao 

Auditor 

Advisory Committee 

P.Inderbabu, Devi Prasad, Govind Chandu, A.V.Rao, 

NOTICE 

All Units & Subunits of IRTSA are requested to:- 

i) Get their Accounts audited & passed, hold their AGMs, 

conduct Elections & send reports to General Secretary , 

Zonal Secretaries and Editor, VRE. 

iii) a) Launch intensive Membership @ Rs 100 PA. 

iv) Send Central Quota to Central Treasurer, IRTSA. Er. 

O. N. Purohit, # 106, Suraj Nagar, Jodhpur- 342008 (Mob 

Voice 

09828024476) 

of Rail 

by 

Engineers 

DD – in favour of IRTSA only. 

RNI TC. NO. TN ENG 04 

DRO NO KIDS 21481/07 

GS-IRTSA 

COORDINATION MEETING OF IRTSA AND 

AIREF HELD AT NEWDELHI 

Immediately after the submission of Sixth Pay 

Commission Recommendations, the Coordination 

meeting for SCPC struggle committee of IRTSA and 

AIREF was held at New Delhi on 02.04.2008. 

Er.M.Shanmugam, Central President/IRTSA, 

Er.Harchandan Sngh, GS/IRTSA, Er.N.R.Chaudhary, 

President / AIRF and Er.A.K.Tyagi, SG/AIREF 

addressed the meeting. Er.L.N.Pathak, AGS/NRMU 

participated as a special invitee. He appealed the unity 

among all technical employees in Government service 

against whom great injustice has been done by the 

SCPC. 

IRTSA Office bearers meet 

Sri.R.Velu, MOSR 

Office bearers of IRTSA under the leadership 

of Central President Er.M.Shanmugam along with 

Er.N.R.Chaudhary, President / AIRF met Honourable 

MOSR, Sri.Velu at his residence on 03.04.2008. They 

have handed over a memorandum against the 

retrograde recommendations made by the SCPC FOR 

technical staff and Technical supervisors. 

Er.Shanmugam explained TO the minister the 

necessity to have exclusive pay scales for technical 

staff and Technical Supervisors. The Minister heard 

the views very keenly and forwarded the memorandum 

to Railway Board. 

IRTSA DELEGATION MEETS CRB, FC & MM 

On 29th march, Central President along with the 

team of office bearers of IRTSA met CRB, FC & MM at 

Chennai during their visit to ICF and Southern Railway. 

He handed over the memorandums individually to them. 

He explained in brief about the negative impacts the 

SCPC recommendations will have on Technical staff. He 

pleaded to the CRB and members to do the needful to 

concede the legitimate demands of Technical staff and 

Technical supervisors. 

CENTRAL PRESIDENT MEETS CRB 

AT THE INSTANCE OF RAILWAY MINISTER 

On 3 rd April, 08 Central President Er. M. 

Shanmugam along with officer bearers of IRTSA and 

Er.N.R.Chaudhary, President / AIREF got an appointment 

with Sri.Lalu Prasad Honourable Minister for 

Railways. But due to his pre occupation the Minister 

advised the delegates to meet the Chairman Railway 

Board. All the delegates met the CRB at his chamber and 

handed over the memorandum against the 

recommendations of SCPC. Er.Shanmugam pressed the 

demand of one grade upgradation for technical staff of 

Railways than the non technical staff considering the 

responsibilities and accountability shouldered by the 

technical staff. 

ENGINEERS! 

CONTRIBUTE LIBERALLY TO STRUGGLE FUND 

FOR THE STRUGGLE AHEAD AND 

SEND THE SAME TO THE CENTRAL TREASURER

Voice of Rail Engineers RNI TC. NO. TN ENG 04747/26.03.07 Page-12 DRO NO KIDS 21481/07 

HIGHLIGHTS OF SIXTH CPC REPORT 

* Revised pay to be effective from Jan 1, 2006 -Pay+ 74 DA + 40% Fixation 

* Allowances to be effective from date of Notification 

* Wages hiked by an average of 28 % & not by 40%, as reported in media. 

– Difference is due to counting of DA instead DP (as proposed in SCPC Report) 

SCPC REPORT 

Para No Page 

11.1 643 

* To cost exchequer Rs 12,561 crores in 2008-09 ( As estimated by SCPC) 11.52 649 

* Additional one-time burden (as SCPC) Rs 18,060 crores toward arrears 11.52 649 

* Minimum pay Rs 6,660; Maximum Rs 80000 -Ratio Min: Max 1:12 11.3 643 

* Current age of 60 for superannuation to be maintained 6.2.4 361 

* No exceptions barring scientists & medical specialists 

* Number of grades reduced to 20 against prevailing 35 2.2.18 43 

* 5-day work week to continue; Only 3 national holidays allowed 11.41 648 

* Other gazetted holiday to be adjusted in restricted holidays 

* Rate of Annual Increment 2.5%. * High performers to get 3.5% increment in Group A 11.5 & 11.6 644 

* Existing rates of most of the allowances to be doubled 11.24 646 

* Education allowance reimbursement at Rs 1,000 per child PM 11.28 646 

* Hostel subsidy to be increased 10 times to Rs 3,000 11.28 646 

* Person stagnating at maximum of any pay band for more than a year - 

to be placed in immediate next higher pay band without change in grade 

*Performance linked incentive scheme to be introduced. 

*PLB may be replaced by PLIS in stages, if accepted by Railways. 

* All fixed allowances to be made inflation proof – - To be revised on DA reaching 50 % 11.30 647 

* All recommendations to be treated as an 'organic whole' – 

11.10 644 

- As partial implementation will bring in several anomalies and inconsistencies. 

* 4 Long Running Pay Bands - PB-1 Rs 4860-20200, PB – 2 Rs 8700-34800, PB 3 Rs 15600- 

39100 and PB 4 Rs 39200-67000. 

2.2.18 

7.36.77 

43 

531 

* Basic pay shall comprise of sum of pay in the pay band and grade pay. 2.2.18 43 

* Up-gradation & merger of JE-II / CMA-II (Rs 5000-8000) and 

JE-I / CMA-I (Rs 5500-9000) to the Pre-Revised Grade of Rs 6500-10500 

2.2.18 & 

7.36..77 

43 

531 

* Up-gradation & merger of SE (Rs 6500-10500) to Pre-Revised Grade of Rs 7450-11500. 7.36.77 531 

* Clubbing of Scales of Rs 5000-8000), Rs 5500-9000), (Rs 6500-10500), Rs 7450-11500. 2..2.8 38 

Rs 7500-!2000 & Rs 8000-13500 (Group B) in one Pay Band of PB 2 Rs 8700-34800 

2.2.18 43 

* Classification of these Scales in Group B. 2.2.8 38 

* Free medical and life insurance for All categories of jobs that involve inherent element 

of risk with deleterious effect on health over a period of time - 

*Corporatisation & Conversion of Railways into a Central Public Sector Undertaking 

Liberal severance package for employees leaving service between 15 to 20 years 11.36 

Higher rates of pension for retirees and family pensioners on attaining the age of 80 Years by 

20%, 85 Years by 30%, 90 Years by 40%, 95 Years by 50% & 100 Years by 100%. 

4.2.58 251 

11.37 

Revision of the commutation table suggested for commutation of pension. 11.38 

IRTSA ACTION PROGRAMME 

AFTER AN ELABORATE ACTION PROGRAMME AND AGITATION AT DELHI ON 21 & 22 APRIL, 08, AGAINST THE 

SIXTH CPC REPORT, IRTSA HAS DECIDED TO DIRECT ALL THE ZONAL UNITS AND SUBUNITS 

TO AGITATE AT THEIR LEVEL AGAINST THE SCPC REPORT, HOLD GATE MEETINGS, PROCESSIONS, 

PASS & SEND RESOLUTIONS / TELEGRAMS OF PROTEST DURING 3RD & 4TH WEEK OF MAY, 08 

DEVELOP PUBLIC AWARENESS AGAINST THE INJUSTICE DONE BY THE PAY COMMISSION & 

GET READY FOR DIRECT ACTION – INCLUDING WORK-TO-RULE, IF DEMANDS ARE NOT CONCEDED 

M. Shanmugam, 

President, IRTSA 

Harchandan Singh, 

General Secretary, IRTSA 

Published by Sri.M.Shanmugam, Central President, on behalf of 

Indian Railways Technical Supervisors Association 

from 4, 6 th Street, TVS Nagar, Padi, Chennai – 600050 and printed by him at Four Yes Offset Press, 

A – 40, Karthigayan Salai, Periyar Nagar, Chennai – 600082. Editor: M.Selvaraj

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